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SAILING
Section IV: Sailing
Small Boat Sailing
Our goal for this section is to get as much sailing practice as possible. We'll tailor the schedule to make the best use of the wind. When the wind isn't as good, we'll fit in the classes on sailing terminology, boat rigging, knots, and sailing theory. When the wind is blowing, we'll be out getting more experience. You'll master the basics quickly, and as your skill develops, you'll learn more advanced techniques such as trapeze use and spinnaker trim.
Coastal Sailing
Once you have learned the fundamentals, we'll leave
the base camp and explore a new stretch of coast in open cruising
boats. Each of these stable and extremely seaworthy craft carries 4 or
5 people and all their food and gear for more than a week. The emphasis
of this section will be on seamanship, leadership, and expeditionary
skills. There will be an instructor on each longboat to teach
more about boat handling, navigation, anchoring and other nautical
skills. This will be a chance to utilize all the skills you've learned
during the small boat section and time to learn many more as you head
down the Sea of Cortez, anchoring and beaching the boats each night and
camping ashore.
Our last section. We were up early and sped through the now familiar routine of cleaning equipment, bagging rations, issuing gear, etc. We said goodbye to Jon, Dave, Alisha, and Chris and met our five new instructors for the base camp portion of the sailing section -- Digger, Paco, Shari, Hunter, and Kevin. By early afternoon, we had shuttled all our gear to our base camp at Santa Barbara and were ready to get started learning how to sail.
For more on Sailing, choose a segment below:
Getting a Clew in Santa Barbara